Kenilworth dunny design winner announced

Kenilworth dunny design winner announced

The search is over. The winner of the Kenilworth Designer Dunny competition has been decided and was revealed to locals last night in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town.

Selected from a field of almost 200 entrants from around Australia, and even one from the UK, the winning entry was Canistrum from Maleny-based designer Michael Lennie who receives an acquisitive prize of $10,000.

Mr Lennie said his entry was designed to be both art and a functional public toilet for Isaac Moore Park at the gateway to the town.

He describes Canistrum as “an unfinished basket reflecting an unfinished history”. The word “canistrum” is Latin for wicker basket.

“It brings ancient craft into the future public domain,” Mr Lennie said in his entry’s artistic statement.